Threat Of Losing Medical Benefits Hangs Over Sick Coal Miners As Another Company Announces Bankruptcy

The United Mine Workers of America multiemployer pension plan is projected to become insolvent in the early part of the next decade, and Murray Energy, which filed for bankruptcy Tuesday, is the last major contributor to the fund. Coverage for coal miners has been a hot-button topic as they cases of black lung climb.

from Kaiser Health News https://ift.tt/2MXkGby